Nyhaven: Views From Within (Nuclear City - 5/8)

[Glowbal]

Congratz! 

[Nanami]

3 years? Congratulation. I like the last update.

[GreekMan]

AWESOMENESS!

[just_a_guy]

Congrats on the three years! It must rewarding since very few make it that far.
I like your last update. It's very nice to know those kinds of stats for a city. But I would like to know why Wauna has so much pollution in both ways. It seems like a small town.

[meinhosen]

That's great to hear that you're celebrating 3 years 

Here's to a great city and a great MD celebrating another anniversary. 

[joelyboy911]

I can't remember if I've commented here before, but I really like this MD. What you do is amazing, and I can only hope that someday Thames District might feature the same quality of pictures as those you show here. I am thoroughly impressed. Well done on going at it for 3 whole years as well.

I hope you might share one little secret with me: I was wondering if you could tell me how you did this picture. It's the region map flattened out into a square.
Never mind. I got it. Paint.NET didn't have a skew option, luckily MS Paint does.

[Albus of Garaway]

Congratulations on a whopping three year anniversary!

[djvandrake]

Congratulations on three years! 

[Ryan B.]

Congratulations on three years of Nyhaven!   

[JBSimio]

Hi Zack!

I'm trying to put an end to all the lurking I did over the summer.  I've been watching, but rarely commenting the way I should here.  I enjoyed the statistics a lot... made for a very interesting look at the different areas.  It was also great to see the whole region again.  I've gone back to it a few times, paying special attention to the suburban transitions and the edges of developed areas.  It all looks great and I'm hoping to get some ideas.

Congratulations on three years!  I'm also looking forward to the next three... 

JB

[Battlecat]

Congratulations on 3 years!   You've certainly done a superb job.  Looking forward to many more!

[Tomas Neto]

Congratulations on three years of Nyhaven! 

[woodb3kmaster]

Wow, lots of replies to answer today! Thank you all so much for your congratulations and kind words. I'll respond to your unique comments below:

Alex (Driftmaster07): The fireworks are actually Photoshop brushes I downloaded. In particular, the blue and white fireworks in the mosaic are a combination of two different brushes, one on top of the other. I don't remember where I got them, but if you Google "Photoshop fireworks brushes", you'll probably find a good set. Or I could just send you my set as a PM attachment (one of the benefits of being an SC4D subscriber).

James (jimbo_jj): You're absolutely right. Only a handful of MDs have ever lasted three years or more, and I'm honored to be among them.

just_a_guy: I think the high pollution levels in Wauna are due to the presence of a lot of dirty industry with no ordinances or water treatment plants to limit pollution. Still, you're right about those levels being awfully high for such a small town.

joelyboy911: Although you found your own way to make squared-off region maps, I use a different method, detailed by David (dedgren) in his tutorial on making square region views. It's important to note, however, that if your region isn't square (mine isn't), you'll need to do some experimenting to get the corners of your quads and intersections to be right angles.

Jon (JBSimio): It's great to read another of your comments, Jon! Thanks so much for the kind words about the last update. I hope my region shots prove helpful in designing Covington's outer fringes - which, by the way, are already looking terrific! Come back soon, my friend!





As work got underway on the Downtown Rail Loop, I was back at the drawing board, working on another new project. The Ministry of Transportation had asked me to put together a plan for building a southern bypass around the center of the capital of Kendall, mere miles west of Nyhaven. Traffic on the King's Highway, better known as Route 50, was getting worse and worse, with so much through traffic clogging up the highway as it passed just to the north of Kendall's CBD on its way between Nyhaven and Astoria. A bypass route was sorely needed, and soon.



Near the highway's future western end lay the town of Knappa, home to some 9,000 Lower Columbians. The new highway would need to serve the town without harming it, so I had to direct it around the southern edge of the town's developed area.



Soon, all the survey work was done and I had finished the plans. I fired off the environmental impact report as soon as I could and waited for the government's record of decision.



At the eastern end of the highway corridor, in Nyhaven's suburb of Bradwood, ground was finally broken in the winter of 2400. As work got underway, however, I started hearing rumors of local residents being dissatisfied with the amount of noise coming from the construction site.



In a couple of months, those rumors wre proven true when locals demanded some form of noise reduction from the government. The burden ultimately fell on me to work out a reasonable solution.



In the end, I chose to install soundwalls along the highway's right of way. Work on those walls got started as soon as the materials to build them were available.



As work on the highway progressed through Bradwood and its beighbor of Overland, noise complaints dropped to zero. I knew then that the soundwalls were doing their job. What a relief - no more worries about a possible injunction shutting down construction!



Eventually, the work site moved out of the developed areas of town, and so work could go on around the clock.



It didn't take long to build the highway once we picked up the pace.



It seemed like the highway was growing right before my eyes, as I made repeated trips out to the job site to check up on progress.




All through 2401, the hgihway slowly snaked its way down out of the hills into the plains south of Kendall. New interchanges were built wherever the local roads had been built to handle future suburban growth.



Eventually, we reached the path of the southern segment of Route 3, which ran south right out of Kendall's CBD. This was the only highway that Route 203 would intersect and continue past.



Since we were still in open land, building this interchange was a piece of cake. By New Year's Day of 2402, it was done.



After almost another year, the job site finally reached Knappa and the highway's western terminus at Route 50. Work got started immediately on this final interchange, which would be somewhat complex due to the path of the King's Highway.



Still, it didn't take long before work was begun on the interchange's flyovers. Things were moving at breakneck speed!



At last, in mid-2403, not long after the Downtown Rail Loop opened, Route 203 was finished. Now it was time to see if it would live up to its intended purpose as a bypass!

[KoV Liberty]

Looks cool! And yeah could you send me them via pm?

[danielcote]

Great update! The highway should be efficiant!

[Battlecat]

Great work on that expansion.  That's a very efficient looking highway network! 

[jimbo_jj]

That last interchange looks like a creative solution. Looks like you already have a lot of the smaller roads laid down for Kendall's suburbs (if my eyes aren't deceiving me ). Great work, as always!

-James

[Glowbal]

Very nice!  I've always loved your story lines.

[djvandrake]

Another great update!  Those are some elaborate interchanges you've designed and a nice variety too. 

[woodb3kmaster]

Alex (Driftmaster07): Thanks! I'll send you a PM shortly.

danielcote: Thank you! I certainly hope it will be.

Battlecat: I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for stopping by!

James (jimbo_jj): Thank you, James! You're right about the roads near Kendall. I like to lay down the suburbs' future arterial roads, although at first, they're mostly roads, except where they cross each other and the highways. Come back soon!

Glowbal: Thanks! It's great to hear that my stories are worth telling.

djvandrake: Variety is the spice of life, as they say, and I certainly enjoy building lots of different interchanges. Glad you like them! Thank you for your kind words!



Today I'm going to show you all a recent addition to the Nyhaven skyline, although it's not what you might expect to see...







This replica of Rio de Janeiro's famous statue, Christ the Redeemer, was erected on the summit of Sunset Mountain in the past decade by the largest church in Nyhaven, with permission from the city (since most of Sunset Mountain is a city park). It has come to symbolize the faith that dominates Nyhaven's culture and history; after all, the city was founded by Christians fleeing persecution. The top part of this mosaic appears in Nyhaven's wiki article at the League of Nations wiki, located here.